HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Sentinel, 1877-02-16, Page 2TO AGNES ; WEO IS HIS ONLY LOVE.
C;=POEM, AIPTth TEM PLANNER Or DEESICK.' .
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Now will 1.1ead`a purer life
Since thou hast smiled. on me;
`Washed in the waters of the earth
My -loving lieart shall be;
And all my deeply dreaming eons.
Sy tine love purified.
Shalt gather strength for the delight
When fond -love -hails thee bride.
Now will Ise -well -throngh all the earth
For flow'rets fresh and fair,
To bloom upon thy breast of snow,
Or grace thy raven hair; -
And.stars that shine when. night glows d
And glories of the day,
Shall, yield their.treasnres to my:prayers
Which •at thy feet I'II lay.
Now Will 1 take thee to my heart
Andlove thee evermore..
Faithful as wave§ whose fond embrace -.
Entwines the Summer- shore; .
Oh, -fix those glowing eyes on mine,
Thy lover claims. thy charms.;
Oh„let him take.thee to his heart,
- Within love's faithful armsg,
a'
Y' WIL KIE COLLINS.
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CHAPTER: V.
V.
eep,.:.
was `the. lost Captain doing? and
`•
what! chance had the crew of -finding -him
.: that night ? ,:i.• - - .--
-_ He had mmitted himself to, the de
ctsperate
adventure; without forming any plan for the
preservation of his own -safety, without giv-
ing ° even a :momentary consideration. to the
'consequence that Might follow. The charm
- ing picture - that he had. seen through his
-telescope- had haunted him night and day.
The image Of 'the innocent creature, secluded
from humanity in her island solitude - Was
the one image thatfilled . his mind. ,' 'A man
passing a. woman in- the --street acts on the
impulse to turn and follow her; and in that,
one thoughtless, moment shapes. the ` destiny
of. his future -life..: .
- • The Captain, seeingthe canoe on the beach,::
'rioted on a similar impulse: --when he took the
:paddle and• shaped his: reckless course for the
. tabooed island.- _ . ”,
Reaching the shore, while: it was still dark,
he did one: sensible thing—he hid the canoe
. se that ; it might not:- betray him when the-
daylight came.. That done; he waited for the
-mornin_g:on the .outskirts of the forest; -
The trembling light of dawn revealed the,
mysterious solitude around -him: Following.
the -outer, limits ,Of:= the trees, first in- one
Her slim brown fingers closed frankly en:
With_the fearless/ candOr of a child. "Squeeze
his hand.
" Von feel soft and friendly," she said;
The next moment she snatch d he -
away from him. The sense of his danger had
Ouddenly lorced itself on her mind: " If
. My .father sees you,- she said, . ',he will.
4ht the signal fire at the Temple, and the
people from over yonder will come here and
put 3rou to - death. . Where ia your, canoe ?
No ! It is broad, daylight. My father may
- See yOu On the water." She considered for a
Moment, and, approaching him, laid her hand
oii his shoulder. " Staywhere till nightfall,
she said. "My father never comes thia'way.
, The sight of the place where my mother died
is horrible to -him. You are safe here. Pro-
mise to' stay. here till mi,ght time.".
-,, The Captain gave his promise. ' reed
from anxiety sO far, the girl'i mobile. south-
ern temperament recovered-, its native heer- .
'fulness—its sweet gaiety and spirit. She
,,,akimired the leautifuI stranger as she might
,haVe admired a new bird that had flown to
-1 her to be petted with the rest. She patted
his fair • white skin, -and wished she had a
skin like it. She lifted. the great glossy folds
Of her long blaek hair and cora axed it wit
'the Captain's bright, curly locks, and wishe
'',she 'could change color with him from th
bottom of her heart. His dress was a won
' der fo her. - His watch was a new revelation
She rested -her head on his shoulder to liste
delightedly -to the ticking as he held th
,,, Watch to her ear. Her fragrant bre:at
_played on his face; her warm, supple figur
rested against him Softly. The Captain's ar
stole round her waist, and hig lips gentl
' tOnched hers. She lifted her head- with
look of pleased surprise.
' " Thank yon,", said the -Child of natur
1 -The tame turtle -dove' perched . on he
Shoulder as she gave the Captain her firs
kiss, and diverted her thoughti to the pet
she had leff -in pursuit of the truant dove
keep them on this side of the forest. ., There
is no danger so long as you don't shoW youv
self_on'the other side. My name is Aiinata ;
-Aimata,_ will take care of you. Oh, what *a
beautiful', white neck you have !" -She put
her arm admiringly around. his neck:. The
Captain's arm held her tenderly tp him.
Slowly the two descended the cliff, and were
-lost in the leafy solitudes of the forest. - And
the tame dove fluttered before them; a.wing
ed messenger of love cooing to his mate.
*_Iii:th-48er-, fiiiiO4 -109a/t-i4owt ;114 -8- iinaheintteartigsh. t o
will talk abont it in - -1 Cool - glades *of the
litfli
him. . They left the lake together. -
The darknesehad.--fallen-agaln; The ship :
-:. Mr. Duncalf4ine on deck after:his sup.,
per._ The ithiii- line lof Smoke --; Seen rising-,
from -the peak of the Mountain: _that eVening-
.: The faint, hot breezel,fr.?, the land eciaa felt --
e water—Under --connia -d Of the Second Mate,-,
- ' With* four or fivet Men with hini; all well
• :- armed. _ : Mr:- ThinCan [ad resied I his - final in-'
1 1
1 ; Without- taking ith sl ghteSt notice of the
s - - officer, " and Wig& Me ty taking: your. men
T np it -Mr. Dunicalf, arid -i gave:. some further
weather, k.eep.theisl/ip . nding.' off and an;
siei
directions r I" If. therelisi any _change in the
at -a safe distance from 1the landl and throve
up:a rocket neon/ ttime totime . to show year -
position.: Expeet Me On aka again by's/in---
--: to- say that 'you -are g;oi g back 6 the _island,
4 . ...f, I am going back te, tne-islan ,, _ answer- -
ship, and hoisted -the• Sail aa he s oke.
Is
.--::''dsha.ork4nteedssli. a -9'k' '4-1.. ii16. 'd1:1',fi'e,c1:;-'15r. i.n.tcr. -ti-):
- lemnity -and politeness, -*these words i, .r
f - -.WiSh yOn_g?od 47,:eliin.gtt,t ": ' -
f:,The night had carae, and the Captain had
net left the island. - Ainiata's resolution to
ten - resolution _ already: Shc&' had let him
periniade her that he •Was in no danger sci
104 as he•remained in the hut -on the- cliff;
-and-she ha&promised, at parting, teretiirn
, to Jilin, While the priest was Still- sleeping, at
- -He Was' alone in the:hut. The thought; o
-the innoeent:creature . which he loved' was
• sorrowfolly as , as tenderly present to
his mind. --He almost regretted his rash visit
- "I Will take her .withs'ine to England," he
Said to himself.- •" What 'do -•1 eare for _the
of;the world? ..Aimata., shall be my
The intense _beat .,oppresSed him.. He
-stepped out on the cliff toward nudmght
_ -earthquake, (felt in the Ship. while she Was
inSide. the reef). shoOk' the grOund- he :stood
On. f _He instantly thought of the:vole= an
..stippoSing- the crater to be ektindt ?- -WAS
the .sheek of 'earthquake- that.he had:, just
_felt a warning from the volcano, conununica-
ted through a submarine Connection between
the two islands ? He Waited and watched
Sense of apprehension, -Whichiwai' not to be
reasoned airay.,.. With' the firat rays of day;
break he cleseended into the forest, and•Saw
-.the loVely being Whose safety Wai already ai
preeimis to hint as his oWn, hurrying' to- meet
, him -through the:tree& --1
' :He fig his best to kniet her alarm.- '"Was
it the shock of the ,earthqaake that had -
alarmed -her-? - It was hot only the shock of
earthqiiike; it was -,something niore
Still which had followed the shock. - 'There -
Was -a lake:near the Temple, the. wateri of
,Which weresuppOSed to heated by -subterri,
.iwui fires: The lake had risen With- the
earthquake, had bubbled furiously, - ancrthen
Melted away inthe_night.._Her-father, view-
'-iffg-theportent. with horror, had gone to the
Cape; to ?watch the yOlcano On the Main
flees, 'the Protection of the. gods. .
la' to . let see the emptied •-lake,in the
absence of the, priest. She hesitated, buthis'
influence Was all-powerfal. Heprevailed on
Reaehingthe farthest -limits Of the trees,
they,came out upon the open, rocky. greund;:
that sloPed gently dewnward toward, the
-centre-- of the island-. Having -crossed -this
-space, they arrived at a natural amphithea-
tre of rock.* On' one- side pf, it :the TeMple_
by a natural cavern. In one of thelaternal
branches' Of.' the caVern Was the dWelling of
the:priett oia his daughter. - The min* 'of
it looked. out On the rocky basin.of thelake.-
Steeping oVerthe edge of the basin,' the. Cap-,
tain" discovered,- fir down:. in the empty'
depths, A clond of 'steam.. Not . drop- of
water was visible -anywhere.- ' _
"-Does, that- mean anything ?" Said Ainiata
pointing -to the'abys-s.: 'She shaddered; and
hid- her face on the Captain's bosom, ,
father - Saysi". she -whispered, " that it --':i
-The_Captain started. ",Dbes Your -father
know- that IA*
" My -father -felt the destroYer et -the iSt :-
in the earthquake.; my:father saw the vein-
ing. destruction in,- the :disappearance. of the
lake." Her eyes rested on_hint with a -laving
prophecy dr, she. said; winding his' hair round'.
her ringer: : "I am tot afraid Of you,. if 'yoilV
are, I aril. a giribewitehed ; I -hive the:
Mon." She kissed hiin passionately, :
don't care if 1 tdie," she whispered between
, r:Alone in the boat, the captain 1 aked with
a Misgiving mind at theflaShing of the_ Tel,
. IT eVents hadfaVorl 'him, he wonlit hive _
; reinovedAiniatal,tol.tlie shelter of .the Ship.on •:
, the day When hi save the emptied -basin ef
''. sacrifice had. beetidisetiVered froM the' main
island ..;-. :and thelfhiet thaa seat tWo canoes
'-' cOmMunication With_ the Mai* island at:the..-
- - earthquake had naturally: ,neroased the alarm
of the chief. H6 had 'se messages_ to the
priest, entreating hiin: t61 leiVe ..ihe island. -
ark. _.j Yielding f, -O the 'li.O.l)r Man; ,-the =Chief .
. sent reinforcements of capoei te lake their.
:- turn at keePing Witch'. off ithek headland. : AS -;:-
:the prophecYyby night .4 well; .as by- day.
iih- : if he' had- Ventured 'Ito '...ap ,reafh the - 'hiding
-Aima,t.s had left hiM as usaal; to retarn to her
father at the doge Of the eveiiing,. that the
.. favor.. The fife flaShesLfrarn fhe mountain, -
yisible when. the 'night:lc:mile, had: Struck
terror. into the iheSrts a- -the nien in the,
children:and their possessions On the main .
,,prieet.1 - The captain se;ealthe oppertunity
.. Of connimnicating With he *hip, -Ind of ex- .
Changing ,,a- frail eanoe,. Whieh -he WaSillrable
' to Manage; for 4 pwlft sailing boa ' capable_
• of . keeping_the sea 1.in .:•14 event, 'f.sterniy
tool/lights; he reached Jetown. slide Of •the
island: -without .'aecident,t,,,1 and; : aided by
"I dreamed that -the _ef t e deities
hoW I have been *Simi : i alone the hut !
Now.' have Seen .yciu. I--. ft , satisfied; - ..KiSs
„the boats.: : The darkn s Will; Infrirend- -ma—.
-been te the ship ;4'1:haver brought b ok one of
Shf3- shrank back 1 as he teak' her ,hand:-
- :With. that reply herdrely. her eut _ef the.
hut and turned his:face io*ardthe sea.' Not'.
I The dead _calm hid returned,liandl 'the lioat
The Captain made no attempt to reason
with her. He took the wiser way—he ap-4,
pealed to her feelings.
YOn will -Fame with me' to my s own
country," he said. 't My ship is waiting. 1.
will take you home with me and make you
",The breeze Mai'.
belowthem Was -broken
•
me -.aaogga.mei:'_,...rIlio-er.:sta4ide._
silence of ttie fereSt
voice Was he;ard, mate !
Missed. me„,t- 'If he clines here•you are lost:"
She kissed hlin- with passionate ferVer;
• she held.him:telher for a moment with .-all
her strength, ,4r -Expect me at daybreak,"
!she said, and disappeared dewn the, ,land-,
Ward slope of the cliff. "He listened; anxious
ifnr her Safety, 1The voiees of the father and
',daughter just reached him Iran/ 'among:the
!trees.- ' The Tried spoke in no angry' tOnOs ;
!,She had apparently found an acoeptabIe...cx7i
case:for her libSence.' Little . by little. the
failing Sound of their.voices told hiinthey they
Were on their Way .back --:. to 'the temple.
:The Silence fell again,- _Not A ripple broke
. On the beaeh,.not a leaf tustled in the forest.
-4.1k1Othing mired bat the 'reflected *flaSheS
lof the •yelcine on the- blaek sky- over the
*nain Wand. .-It Was an Airlesi and an -aWfur
He -went info the htit, -and lay doWn onlilt3
led of -leaves; not to sleep, but to rest. ' All
his energies might be required to meet:the
earning events of the morning. _After the
.yoyage to -and from the Ship; - -and the ilong
. Watching that: had preeeded it,T-strong:iaii he.
I. Per- seme little tkie he kept awalie;think-
ing. , -•-lusenaibly the oppression Of the in-
tense heat, . aided in its influence.by his :own
'fatigue, treacherously closed. his eyes. In
spite of himpeu, -the- woary Man • fell into. a
1 He Was' aWake ed by a roar like the e
On the Main- island had burst into a, , state et ,
- -the sky, and•-fiashed through -the open xleor-';
Way of the hut.- He iprang f*om his::celiali
I Had.; the sea everflowecl the landt. J.10
'Waded but of the . hiit and -the -water -rose
: to:his Middle. :- He looked round him bythe
lurid flame -light of -the eruption. -The- 'one
visible object, within his range of view was .
the reef of the Init.- _ iii ,e\rpry.00.0 dirqdti.011
_-..the waters of the •herrid Sea, stained' blood -
red by thflaming,sky, spread swirling and
- inementanorelie became Conscious that" the
. earth 'on -Which he stood Was' Sinking under
:his feetj.' The' water rese to his neck -. the
fast -.vestige ofthe roof of the hut' disappeared.
- He .looked tonna againi:and the truth- burst
On hiiii,! The: Wand -was . sinking—slowly,-
slowly sinking into._ 'Volcanic depths, belew
the utnioStdepths Of the Sea ! The highest
- o:bjeCt was the hut, and that had drepped;
VOlcanic influences, the islandhad sunk back
wide circle, came slowly near -him as the all -
'destroying ocean washed_ its -bitter waters
into his mouth; The bnoyant -boat, risingon
the sea as the earth -deierted it;had: dragged.
, its anaher, : and. was floating -round in* the
:Vertex made , by the .slowly7sinking island.
With -a laStil desperate - hope that Aimata
' Might have been saved al -he hia been saVied;
'With the strefigthtof a 'giant, _. and :made for
the p!ace (so far a§ he could guess at it neiv):
where. the lake- and. -the Temple had- 'once
:" He lOOked ;round 'and reand him—he
: strained. his eyes in the -vain attempt. to pene-
„vil-ate-hera in. the eanoei_ deSerted their post
-Withoat --an effOrt.to save the father and
beforelhey coUld Make an attempt to escape
from their eaVerial He palled to her in -his
iniSery-;as if she 'could. hear him out -of the:
The rear of -the distant eruption answered'
- him. -.. The Monnting -.fires lit the: solitary :sea
. far and near over the Siuking island.' , The .
beat tinned slowly -and -more- slowly in 'the
gentle eyea: leek at ;.,hina• : with .,-unutterable
hive. ! e Never: 'again Weald_ : those fresh liPs ,
-tench his lips with their.fervent kiss ! Alone
• amid the mightY forces or Nature in Cenfliot,
:the ,miSerable mortay -lifted his. hands -in-
. frantic ifipplieation-H-ind the burning sky
glared dOven on bin/ in itS•pitileas grandeur; -
and Strufk_ him to his knees inithe boat.. His
reasen -sink with lis,sinking limbs. In' the
.Mereifullfrenzy that succeeded. the shock, he -
saw her -afar off, alive again in her white robe
01, follow her : to the brighter _and :better
oirs,,and the faster he purafied -it; the faster'
the MoCking Vision fled -from him • over -the
CHAPTER IX.
',The boat was discovered the next morn-
ing -from the ship. All that the devotion of;
the officers of the Fortuna coul,z1 do for their
unhappy comtaander was done on the hoine:-
-veard voyage. Restored to his own country,-
aiid to skilled, medical help, the Captain's
Mind, bY_ slow degNes, recovered its balance.
He has taken his place in society again -he
Hires and moves arid. manages his affairs -like
the rest of us. But.his heart- is dead to.,all
ne* emotions ; -nothing lives in it but -the ia-
_crieclrem.embrance Of his last love. Heneither-
cputts nor. avoids the society of women -
attractions seem to be lost on him ; they pais
frfai his Mind, as they pass from his' eyes ------
they stir nothing in him but the memorY Of
1Now you know,tladies; why the Captain
will neVer marry, and why (sailor as he is) hi
hates the sight ofthe sea. •
llunnE's Peerage for 1877 gives the follOW-,
family of Disr aeli settled first in Spain and
then in Venice. Benjamin Disraeli.ca'me to
England in the year 1746. He married,
of the Villareals of Portugal, by whom he t„
had an only child. Isaac Disraeli, Esq„
. Literature,' who Married' Maria;' daughter Of
George Basevi of Brighton, originally of' a
Venetian family, b, whom he had four chil7.
dren. Benjanim, now Earl of Beaconsfield.
Ralph; Deputy Clerk of the Parliaments,
married Catherine, daughter of Charles
Trevor, Esq., and has a SON Conigsby, born
1867. James, latel Commissioner of Wand -
Revenues, died in'Deeember 1868. Crest--;
Issuant-from a wreath of oak a castle, triple
'mtowotetored, iiiiSulPb4100,eciiersfs ofanti.ea„Fle and a lien.
o atiLia._..10t's School litoubles-
omArt7jeattiklatdaahrr;b1 _risiTitegli-114:7 :1111414klieemp 74.4aaniti-wliasmalfill-lae,lgae.°1:14t:
'it made 4? '11 a; _noiiat that lie was. sent but
not to lei* it baCk again. He must letit go
- or give it soraeb_oiy else. But he was fend
,._ to school `I,- th hini,i0ut hew corild he hide
'-ibt141-Luietatliti,- e'erl'Ef%:tirr:2_t:trs,. -101w
edrea:si nT otl 1:2 • SS e- t ' rd:1 lY S g= -
V 7. 1 Ck, . -, , le thollre :could.
his breekalbefore he toed the school.. -, So
fir lo .goo :Bat- W: -.0n-. the :schoolthilitresi
-give the ird 'T -#4," -all the- little% boys
,', - 1 3.4 eueual 1:: g i rt- 0 ,- ikte htliii r t 4its d.-in-Tvii-;'-6*-aetntiti. 1•1tgheth. •kaeeir biLdaks Int .
lractigus. - zteetrtdidt ostitlacne.omBniuodt "setee;i4h:gin7;-_
little ]ligh, eirerli --e made for, it.- He
to :where he as "be ut this only made
waYtupWar ;got hiajbill through the open-
ing, and_the his heir The .kae immediate;
-:preserve's_ I! - Fat'AlUis noel" cried Bell, .
a'stgaartininfg itig6oPIerd'f-teh4'sclijolart'ss-',TP`niwi'.-Eadwerarawd
him-; pale, im '15-Y. life _collar, dragged hira_
to the- -doori. rust- ont; and locked the
door after . .Ed never.saw -Hill
again: - . . A- days after.. m 'wail .
preparing .., o ont2a 4i, breakfast, When his.- -
mother aske him; rf±Where .are you gains
Brown's 'bon e ? W :tete is't it, I" ''e At the. ' -
But hoolang is it- --Si' 4 -eww: sliinetntetpn sit: ,
saw . that 1/- mothei a been informed. of
his expalsian ' In ii_a-, 10 While .she • was
ready to gokiiiit. :: -Sh ' tea hold of her. ;son
to the Gree4 -When; hereached' the school
take her lien haek,-rlitIlinocked at the deer, -
and. the- realer At•-.'9-4e,e appeared,' Befere. •
she •cauld 'ape' her ,mr.:ilth :the master said ab- ,
schOlar% -hate ,had ..# ay's -Peace -since he
came- here:1 Ana.-, that he shut the- -
door in her! f 6, - tkitte -.She could litter r_a '
v'Silerkylt,PwuctLf, Sedh:e::-'1-47:44•%:-.ktle.p-Alit hde're.agrniipe --,O,ahilthaye,
boY, but stailding.i o, -speak -to a neigh -
her; and her lil go -0, little slacker,- he -
Made a sad4 holt; =escaped; As usual, '-
he crept in Iiit in't _ening. - His father
him Over the .p of:t look, and. looked at , ..,
Observed that e stalk fixing -his eyes -en
him steadit 1Pr :'..14.6 . I time. 'Then laying
isiregard What , the L a/Tilts bid, them:" '::-
In
le night, nor Any
thilerhnailightlx.4,i Us. 'air -torn to behaVe. your -
ford slunk aia an' '',0 14toir' ---13-tbiedf3 Tams °smoonnt_is.:" '
ere thalight; 4 be-'::t:oed,ia light. hand re
tit Something, into halhand. - He found it:
°al: -ii O"iiak be itt ae .i4i h. °,4-1$" 'ft -4 dh e rlInhde 'al : 'r tu a neCl.''. 1 ii a nil :
o do thia... SO Toni id -his -supperafter all:
t of Go
hose- name _g, s tei -.Irving, 'sadly and : -,
iii
urea. for the. ilieneig ill& hie_ a -'4E. -
'here,. 4nd Sob': found -1,4 treasurea- pot of
G- eiWiif-thezeeomplicesin,7-
aiiitiv- I. of -.-Sweden
-Age ta,t the time
ad. taken re
ount Ribbilni, and bkiged-Iiini to assist at
e rehears -446f' the .ofera. lie came, and.
1ByuotuYaorite 134,tdet teeny: together satisfied,'
misr4ke4 -; -the affa•ir was
bt done qu' in -that 'Way:- ‘'What more
asemsthte.etem?” .1aaruslafiritcl:ciban, uir:redmSecribec' "It
end the -
that We 111 ered aiittle More to e
1" Scii andicted On the
us ye